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  A Riff on a Dark N' Stormy     First off: Why a riff? Well, Gosling's rum has a trademark on the name "Dark N' Stormy" so if you want to call your drink that, you legally have to use Goslings Rum. This is a real thing people have gone to court over. To avoid this, a lot of places will call their drink a "Dark And Stormy" or a "Dark 'N' Stormy" with 2 apostrophes, in order to get around the trademark. In my case, I'm not selling this to anyone, so I should be legally clear, but I'll call it my riff anyways, just to avoid any issues.  In addition to the name change. A "Dark N' Stormy" calls for a slice of lime, which I have omitted, it's served in a highball glass, not a double old fashioned. A "Dark N' Stormy" is also usually served with lots of ice chunks, or chips, or shavings or something, where as mine is with one large ice "sphere" (first time using the spherical ice molds, eventua...

This is a Queen's Park Swizzle! It smells strongly of the deep brown sugary rum, I wish my mint was stronger, but my grocery store's mint was very sad. It's very boozy, but I also get lime, lots of funk, and cinnamon. Very good! 9.5/10 It's a riff on a Mojito using a much heavier rum and also bitters. My spec is: 1/2 oz Lime juice 1/2 oz Demerara simple 1 1/2 oz Lemonhart and sons 151 1/2 oz Smith and Cross 8 Dashes of angostura bitters A ton of mint, like probably 15 leaves of mint . This is going to be a lot higher proof than your standard mojito (like, 1.5x) and also the rum I chose has a lot more character and deeper flavors than a traditional spanish style that you'd see in a normal mojito

No bottle rating tonight, but I made a mixed rum pain killer. I'll put the exact recipe in the replies. It's cold, it's sweet, its got a little bit of funk, a little bit of barrel taste, and lots of sugary rum taste. Very very good. 9.8/10 3oz Pineapple juice 1oz Creme of coconut 1oz Orange Juice 1oz DonQ Gold 1/2oz Appleton estate 12 1/2oz Smith and Cross shaken with lots of crushed ice and open poured.